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ROBERT BORK spent an unprecedented five days last week pleading his case before the Senate Judiciary Committee. His testimony revealed a lack of interest in the effects Supreme Court decisions can have on citizens who come into conflict with majorities. While Bork may be a worthy occupant of an endowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Radical Puzzle-Solver | 9/23/1987 | See Source »

The inquiry promises to be a grand piece of political theater, with enough ( ideological conflicts, impassioned players and historic resonance to make it a worthy sequel to this summer's Iran-contra civics lesson. But the hearings into the nomination of Robert Bork as the nation's 104th Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advise and Dissent | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Despite the abundance of worthy series, one proof that writers are wise to resist them is that the two best current entries in any category are one-offs. Both are from British writers better noted for their series featuring pairs of mismatched policemen. Reginald Hill, whose stories of the cops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To Be or Not to Be | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

It is common practice for coconut farmers to pay their landlords 70 percent of each harvest, a fact which helps to explain why there are 24,000 NPA in the field. The corrolation between perceived unfair land practices and military insurgency seems to be unmistakable. Given such a background, if...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Farmer and Landlord Should Be Friends | 7/10/1987 | See Source »

But this first half of the film is occasionally confused, uncertain whether to portray Pyle as a comic figure or as a troubled man. His sudden psychopathy is barely convincing, because Pyle's getting his act together would have gotten the drill sergeant off his back. Kubrick seems slightly off...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: AT THE MOVIES | 6/28/1987 | See Source »

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